Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-02-22
sA1MAGuWl
Fresh H. II. butter at s. NJ. He,

Gabe Hoskins aud r. Brown went
down to Carliu this morning.
No. l which should have arrived last
evening came i'll at noon to-day.
This is the anniversary of the birth
day Of the Father OF his Country.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Wines. and Miss
Lou Craighead who has bsen visiting
them, arrived from Eureka at noon to-
day.
The fears of a dry season in Western
Nevada are gone aud millmen and
ranchers can now count on q prosper
Gus. year.
Justice Conger reports that the state
ment that there ure 80, 600 rabbit scnlps
ut Wells is mistake, us there IRE only
about 25. 900 stored ut that pIuce
William Conger of Wells, was u pass
enger by this mornings train for Cur
lin, where he will assist IL furnishing
music for the K. cf S. 3. ball to. night.
MIR. and Mrs. Mccain come down
from Halleck this morning to partici-
pate in this evenings festivities. Ham
reports thut the thermometer stood 20
degrees below zero when he left Hal
leck.
1t is the province of the INDEPENDENT
TO iavor what it believes to be the best
interests OF the people of EIko county,
anu it, cuIamns IRE Open to the discus.
sion of questions III which all taxpayers
are Interested.
A table compiled from dispatches to
the Boston Post from the niunauere of
the Lending clearing houses of the Unit
ed States, gives the total exchanges for
the week ending February 18th. as
$3.50, 1888, 1855; decrease OF l.4O.
Tim, s. Revi-w The mum out of debt
aud In good health with fifty dollars in
his pocket I.Hiy be ri ell as more indc-
pendent THAN the mai .'rily OF those who
haudle thousands OF dollars mo Itnly
and buy ami sell Oh credit.
"Old fossils WHO are opposed to en-
terprlse,' Is the pet na.Ie given hy the
representative VI the T.. aud |. y. Il.
w. 90. 10 the people OF L ko who op-
pose the scheme. The gentleman will
lind plenty vi such "iUosIis" Among the
taxpayers Of Elko equity.
The Wood River Times states that
the Legislators OF Nevada are "euthu-
sinstic over the proposition 10 annex
ldabo.' No duuUt-and We have OF Ii
Liggcr almost cruZy with joy b, cause
he WAS about to marry whItu woman.
-Shoshone journal.
1t seems little singular to cold fos-
sils who are opposed enter prise and in
ternal improvement" that the pi ojectu. =
OF the Elko aud Idaho halfway ARE 80
dctply Interested III tue welfare OF the
taxpayers OF Eko county that they send
II repres, native ut great expense to in &.
struct our people a. to :heir best inter
ests
An exchange says that "Washington
lick-up" is the lniest form of social tariff
a mngnate gives II dinner .pnrty 10 IL
number Of Notable people, and the fol-
lowing day she gives II luncheon to
others Of her acquaintance who ARE not
notable, To VIII ON the remains of the pre-
vious feast are served. This is the
"lick-up."
We were misinformed yesterday us to
the accident which Delayed the cast
bound passenger train. Tne delay was
caused 10y the fulling in of snow shed
on the oth,r side Of the summit nemr
Tamarack, into which the eart btuLd
freight train ran, killing one brakeman
and seriously iujuriny the engineer uud
fireman.
MIR. Baker evidently does not believe
il possible for newspaper man to tell
the ruth. This writer. told him yester.
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